Rusty Moose |US Monthly|

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Rusty Moose |US Monthly|, reached at 205.178.168.52:28010 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 112 of 200 places, against a seven-day mean of 116 and a peak of 209¹. It ranks #128 of all servers, the top 0.6%, and #31 in NA. It last wiped 26d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	112/200	56% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	116	peak 209, 48 h peak 192
Rank²	#128	top 0.6%; #31 in NA
Last wipe	26d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	9d 0h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak

Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory⁴. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

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Figure 2: Server performance. 48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 0.6% of all ranked servers, the top 2% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 9d 0h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	901	players, last three wipes

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	9d 0h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	37d 0h	force wipefw

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 901, 4 hours in, with 249 in the queue.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:00fw26d ago	901+249	–	running	67

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of Rusty Moose |US Monthly| — Figure 5: The map: Moose Maps, size 4750, seed 1337.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`205.178.168.52:28010`
Region	NA
Max players	200
Group limit	12 max
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	1 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC
Hostname	monthly.us.moose.gg
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Moose Maps
Size	4750
Seed	1337

7Operator

28 servers publish a moose.gg hostname; the busiest are listed.

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, moose.gg.

Server	Status	Players
Rusty Moose \|EU Mondays\|	online	825/850
Rusty Moose \|US Mondays\|	online	475/475
Rusty Moose \|EU Monthly\|	online	355/400
Rusty Moose \|Hapis Mondays\|	online	270/300
Rusty Moose \|EU Main\|	online	123/250
Rusty Moose \|EU Small\|	online	123/200
Rusty Moose \|EU Mini\|	online	52/150
Rusty Moose \|EU Medium\|	online	38/200

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are US and NA server list [2], official Rust servers [3], vanilla rust servers [4] and Rust wipe forecast [5].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 138 on average	108/200
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 80 on average	51/400
RustLands \| Monthly Large \| No BP Wipe \| NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 68 on average	28/225
PICKLE DUO MONTHLY \| No BP Wipe \| Low Upkeep \| Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 42 on average	30/200
Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 37 on average	19/150
Rustoria.co - US Long PremiumNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 35 on average	29/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of Rusty Moose |US Monthly| smooth?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 30 server fps, with a low of 25. Its entity count reached a maximum of 464,409, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. The peak memory usage was 12,355 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2In which location is Rusty Moose |US Monthly| based?

In North America, according to its own listing, Rusty Moose |US Monthly| appears with the NA tag. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 205.178.168.52:28010.

A.3How reliable is Rusty Moose |US Monthly|, and is it currently online?

Rusty Moose |US Monthly| is online at this time. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 3 hours ago. The server was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that Rusty Moose |US Monthly| runs, on Linux. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.5On what cycle does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| wipe?

The only wipe for Rusty Moose |US Monthly| is the monthly force wipe. This server's next wipe coincides with the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which affects all Rust servers. The current world has been running for 26 days. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6What happens on Rusty Moose |US Monthly| when wipe day arrives?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 901 players. On the latest wipe the peak population came 4 hours after the wipe, with a queue of 249 additional players.

Population

A.7How does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives Rusty Moose |US Monthly| #128, in the top 0.6% of ranked servers and #31 in North America.

A.8What is the population level of Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

At this moment 112 players are on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|, which has 200 slots in total. Averaged over the last seven days: 116 players; the same period peaks at 209. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 01:00 UTC, with an average of 188 players.

Tags and filters

A.9Who is responsible for running Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

The same operator most likely runs Rusty Moose |US Monthly| and 27 other servers we track, since both publish a moose.gg hostname.

A.10What is the meaning of the tags on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Tags from Rusty Moose |US Monthly|, read by the game's server browser, are official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp200 (Max players): The slot count is 200; ts12 (Group limit): A team holds no more than 12; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped; ^q (Premium): Join only with Rust's premium status; NA (North America): In the server browser it is filed under North America. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

A.11Where can Rusty Moose |US Monthly| be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Rusty Moose |US Monthly| fits are: Official Rust servers, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Premium ^q; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 100; Average players: 100+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Rules, settings, map

A.12What are the settings and rules that govern Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rusty Moose |US Monthly|. 12 players is the cap on a group. Listed as survival, the game mode is the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. Official, in the game's own tab, includes this server. It describes itself as vanilla, which is to say nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped. Join only with Rust's premium status. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.13On which map does Rusty Moose |US Monthly| take place?

Size 4,750 and seed 1337 define the procedural, game-generated map on Rusty Moose |US Monthly|. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page. Under map name, it gives Moose Maps.

How to join

A.14What steps are required to join Rusty Moose |US Monthly|?

Enter client.connect 205.178.168.52:28010 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Join only with Rust's premium status. Its website can be found at https://moose.gg.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,^q,ts12.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
On Rust Statistics
official	Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.
Game
`gmrust`	Game mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
`mp200`	Max players. The slot count is 200.
`ts12`	Group limit. A team holds no more than 12.
`v2635`	Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
`cs168909`	Build. This server runs game build 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
`$r?`	Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Difficulty
`^v`	Vanilla. Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped.
Mods and access
`^q`	Premium. Join only with Rust's premium status.
Region
`NA`	North America. In the server browser it is filed under North America.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

Official Rusty Moose US Premium Monthly Wipe Schedule - Map: Monthly @ Force Wipe - Blueprints: Monthly @ Force Wipe Join our Discord server for announcements and to get more involved with the community! https://moose.gg/vip https://discord.gg/moose Force wipes are always on the first Thursday of the month at 2pm EST / 19:00 London time.

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. US and NA server list. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Official Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Vanilla rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
[5]Rust Statistics. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.